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Moved by the need to enhance affordable food prices across the country, the Buhari administration has constituted a Presidential Task Force to urgently consider measures that would ensure a steady flow of produce to the market and reverse recent price increases.

Giving the directive today at the Federal Executive Council meeting, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, expressed concern at some of the inflationary rates of food prices, noting that the Task Force will explore options to promote availability and affordability of food items to Nigerians.

According to him, the Task Force, which has seven days from today to report back to the Council will consider how to remove some of the cost-raising factors that come into play between the farms and the markets and therefore "bring relief to our people."

While there have been reports of bumper harvests in parts of the country, the prices of food stuff still end up rather high, while some of the produce even end up wasted due to a number of reasons preventing effective transportation delivery to the markets.

One of the focus areas of the Task Force, the Ag. President noted, would be to review the transportation and preservation processes, and see how government can intervene in those aspects to bring down food prices.

The Task Force, which would be meeting with the Ag. President in the discharge of its urgent assignment, will therefore draw out a practical plan and present same to the Council next week.

Members of the Task Force include the following:

Minister of Agriculture & Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh
Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun
Minister of Industry, Trade & Development, Dr. Okey Enelamah
Minister of Transportation, Honorable Rotimi Amaechi
Minister for Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman
Minister of Labour & Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige

The Offices of the Chief of Staff to the President and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, would also be on the Task Force.

Laolu Akande
Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity to the President
Office of the Vice President
February 1, 2017

http://www.metronaija.com/2017/02/osinbajo-set-up-committee-to-beat-down.html

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Nice move..
Transportation and preservation of Agric produce is key

Thank God someone is thinking. ...

How will they do it?

Sharp sharp ooo... Before hunger kill person.

I pray it works ooo

Well lets c how it goes

Goods and services price regulation in Nigeria hehehe not Gambia ooo.,,, some group of individual won't allow it work and they ll call the govt names for even doing so.

Political settlement for supporters.
That committee is a mere jamboree. Committee don't solve prices but policies.

who says d devil(buhari) won't disband d committee on his return?

psucc:
Political settlement for supporters.

That committee is a mere jamboree. Committee don't solve prices but policies.

I remember 1984 when soldiers will enter inside mkt forcing sellers to sell at their own price.


Hmmm....... Buhari

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it.
He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.

To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.”
Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.”

Leave task force and open boarder u will see what will happend

good one our mere commissioner sorry Osibade

this is not news until they find solution who don't know transportation is part of the cause before

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJnSmEul_OI

Nigeria Food Prices: Buhari's New Price Monitoring Task Force

JideAmuGiaka:
I remember 1984 when soldiers will enter inside mkt forcing sellers to sell at their own price.

Hmmm....... Buhari

Thank you my brother. This is Buhari 2.0, but the result will always be the same.